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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
SIN MINERS Loss THEIR LIVES
by nm Explosion OF CASA Rcacuing
Party sufiocatsd and Twelve OF Their
Number Dis..Fatal Disnster In
Braddocks Steel MIL.

KANSAS ClTY, No., April GA special
TO tho Times from Vinita, Indian Terri.
tory, says: A torribls explosion occurred
to-day at Savannah, in coal shaft No. .,
by which slx miners were killed. A res.
cuing party was soon organized, and sent
down into the mine, but they
were overpowered by the gas, and
twelve were suiIocated before they could
be taken out. making eighteen deaths in
all. The mines arc worked mainly by
and most Of the victims are
Italians. Fuller particulars have not yet
been learned here.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

CLEVELAND, April 5.-The Leader says
1.-THE 1000 Republicans east Of the Cuys.
hoga river who stayed at homo yesterday
had gone to the polla the result would
have been different. As Il Is, every can.
didate on the Democratic ticket, from
Mayor down to Constable, Is elected by q
msjority 60 large that 1t will not be dis.
puted Tor q moment, In almost every
ward the Republican vote fell short from
50 to loo yotea from that cas-! last fall.
Particularly WAS this the case In
the strong Republican wards where good
maiorilies were looked for. The Demo.
crats simply held their own from last fall's
vote, neither giving nor losing. This tells
the whole story. The 1000 Republicans
who failed TO vote defeated the ticket and
are alone responsible for yesterdays cy.
clone. Republican deieat was conceded
from the timo tho polls opened. The
Democrats turned out and voted their
ticket straight. The Republicans who did
not stay at home used the pencil freely.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

BALrlauG., Mn, April d.-The Buffalo
clnb, Of the International league, was to.
.,ay defeated by tho linltihnore club In a
lve inning yam0, tib uuoro standing ~ to
1. Tho weather WAC too cold to permit Of
good playing, aud only about three hun.
dred persons were present.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

PiTTsDrRGH, April 1.-Two hundred Ia.
borers at the American iron works of
Jones K Laughlins struck to-day for an
advance in wages OF forty cents per day.
The men were granted an increase OF i3
per cent. recently. and the firm refuse 70
make any further concessions. The strike
seriously interferes with the operation OF
the immense establishment,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

iorhyILLE, April 5.-The feature OF the
game to-day between the Louisyilles and
and Syracuse Stars was tho heavy sluv.
gins by both Qluba. Chamberlain and
nnndon were pitchers. Score-Louis.
vile, 10; Syracuse, .. l,ase hits-Louis.
willie, q; Syracuse, IL, Earned runs
Louisville, IA; Syracuse, q. Errors
loniHville, 4; Syracuse, q. Struck out by
Chamberlain, 8; Dundon, i.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

H,Lrlaomg, A pril 5.-CharlosW. Ovens
Iasiah Waters, John Brandon. John +.
-annock and William J. Pryne, jadgea
AMI clrrkD pf election in tho Flint ward,
lt!pd Tor canDpiriny To dairaud at tho last
muniriuai election we're convicted In the
criminal cDur, to-day. Notice Of appeal
Saq "nt"ryi. Tnn penalty is two years
impti4runrnt. Tho Accused arc charged
~ith putting ballots 10 the box and enter
ins on the poll hooks tho ncneS oil per-
EJnH ShO did not yots,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

IT is unfortunate that 80 much uncer-
tainty attaches to the interstate com.
merce ac:. But this uncertainty will be
dispelled by the Interpretation put upon
the Get by the Commission and by the be-
havior Of the railroads. Uncertainty may
give place to disspprovsl Of some Of the
provisions, but we shall at least know how
the new contrivance works. where it is
weak snd what remains to be done to
make it practical and fair.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

CHICAGO, April 5.-The carpenters strike
is Still in progress. Small forces of work.
men quit this morning on q building in
process OF construction. 1t ia estimated
that at least 1000 more men joined the
strikers to-day. This makes the total nun.
bpr out 5000. In many places the bosses
acceded to the demands Of the men, bu.
the union would not permit the men 10 rC.
turn to WORK Till the employers association
mas concluded to grant the Unions dc.
mands.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06
Under Now Kule. In Nav york.

Nrw YoRk, April 5.-The new Inter.
state Commerce law went into effect 10.
day, and 80 far no difficulty In regard to
the new rates has arisen.
AT the office Of the Trunk Line Asso.
ciation In this city 1t was stated that the
new rule was working satisfactorily, bnt
that some intereat would be sure to con.
llict. These, however, were 40 trillinv
that they could easily be settled by the
agents. ". L. Malcolm, General Eastern
agent Of the Santa Fe road, aud Mr.. ". E.
Hall, General Eastern agent OF the South.
ern Pacific, also stated that the new law
was working evenly.
The new rates have been posted In the
depots, according to law, and the travelling
public could geo at once what the various
classihcations are. The abolition Of tho
free pass system is favorably received by
that portion OF the public that did not
come under the privileges Of the dead.
head rule, now defunct.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

JEFFERSON COUNTY vindicates Mr.. Lucas
by majority reduced rs compared with
that Of November; but seeing that spec
ial election does not bring out the full
vote, the endorsement must bs regarded
as substantial. Mr.. Lucas hss reason to
feel correspordingly happy. Where were
tho Camden men with their little knives :?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

The annual premium list Of the Yves,
N'rH'nia Exposition and State Fair Asso.
c'ation WAS issued yesterday. The prr.
mlums offered by the Association In yari.
ons classrs and departments aggregate
over Slb. 900, and a large number Of snecisl
prize ouerB are made by individuals TO
enconraS" fine exhibits in special direc.
tions:: For Instance, there are over one
hundred OF such individual premiua,s
ohered ior special merit in the poultry do.
partment. In cattle, agricultural pro.
ducts. and in fact in nearly ali thu diiler.
ont divisions OF tho exhibition similar
displays.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06
To Protest Against Coercion.

LONDON, April 5.-Hand bllls announc.
Ing tho holding Of Radical demonstra.
tlon against the Coercion bill In Hyde
rafk, Monday next, contain digest OF
the Grimes bill. The feature Of the demon.
atr4tlon viii be the wearing Of green
badges. A mass meeting OF the Liberals
Will be held In Liverpool next week to
protest against the Coercion bill,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

THE police Of Wheeling have been un.
able to find "Jell" Davis, who is wanted
for little matter which he doesn't hesi.
tate 10 mention, but the lNrELLlaRScER
found him in Washington yesterday on
his way South. II the home authorities
are in esrnest they ought to have no
trouble TO follow The trail.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

CHICAGO goes sgainst Ana,chism by a
rousing majority. The. Democratic ma.
chine ran with the Anarchist candidate,
Carter Harrison having his hand on the
tilsr. Republicans and Democrats who
prefer orde. to anarchy turned in for
Roche, who is not bloatsd bondholder
aud has come up by hard work. The vic.
tory ior free and stable municipal gov.
erpmept in that threatened city Is CON.
,,ia,n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

LONDON, April 5.-Revolutionary proc.
lamations Issued by the military sections
Of the Nihilists have been seized at St.
Ietersburg and Gatachina. 1t is reported
that a dynamite shell laboratory was dis
covered at Cronstadt,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

Speria! Dispateh to The Iai.lliGeneer.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 5.-"Jel"
Davis, Of Wheeling, dear to the memory
Of at least one citizen Of the Nail City,
was in Washington to-day. He is flush
with mousy and says he Is going South
for his health. Your correspondent asked
him the cause OF his presence here and he
replied, "a fellow in Wheeling missed a
roll Of money and as suspicion pointed in
my direction l thought l had better leave
town."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

CARTER HARRISON know the tide was
raising againat the kind OF thing he has
losIerei in Chicago, and he discreetly
stood from under. He was magnanimously
willing 10 let tho other fellow hold the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

CHARLES N. VALLASDlGuAM, the son OF
his father, aud Clerk Of the Ohio Senate,
sewers hia connection with tho Democratic
party and ia going to throw light into dark
places. His Is 3 notable departure, and It
happens in an era oil reform.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

NEw ioRK, April5-W. a. Clark, the
registry clerk in the general postotiice OF
this city. who confessed to the theft of
$4,000 in bills recently, and who was re.
leased on So 900 bsil, has skipped ior
Canada. lle had confessed 10 stealing
about So 900 altogether,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06
VOLUME xXxv.-NUMBER lo3

In quick succeealon. Investigation dis.
covered the cause to be a
fight among some miners, who were
quarreling over keg OF beer. A Young
man named Brooks Joined In the melee
and shot and instantly killed a miner
named Gritiths, from Scranton, Pa. After
the Killing Brooks returned to his board.
Ing house, where he was arrested this
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

CANNES, April 5.-Queen Victoria loft
here for Aix.Les.Bains at s o'clock this
evening. There was an immense crowd
at the railway station TO witness her de.
parture. The English and French squsd.
rons lying here were illuminated in honor
OF the Queen,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

SOFIA, April 5.-To-day being the thir-
teth anniversary Of the birth of Prince
Alexander OF Battenbsrg, every town in
bulgaria and every branch Of the pa-
tIlotlc league sent congratulations TO him.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

Pn,LApELriIIA, April 5.-'rhe eecond
game In tho local sorios WAS played to-day
before about 1000 people. Only seyon In
nings were played on account Of tho low
temperature. Score: Athletics, IA; phila.
dolphin, I.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

BERLIN, April 5.-The strasburg papers
report increased expulsions of French
seympathizens. The searching OF houses
ior compromising documents Is also to be
more thoroughly prosecuted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

SOMERSET, KY, April 5,-At twelve
O'Clock laHt night tho rcsidents Of Glen
Mary, Tenn, y little hamlet near tho
State limo, Soro aroused from their alum.
bora by tho noiao Of a0veral pistol shots
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

Special Dispdtch 10 he Intelilga.eer.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 5.-Commis.
sioner Joseph s. Miller and Mr.. Holly G,
Armstrong OF the Internal Revenue
Bureau are both confined TO their beds
with severe attacks OF illneas..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

LONDON, April 5.-Josiah Caldwell, pro-
moter Of street telegraph, has failed. His
liabilities are believed to be enormous.
DE failed before for 81 100000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06
GIle A.teui9ettee1r
onlcs, Nos. 25 md 81 Fourteeuth Street.
Ono Is not giving Mr. Cleveland great
send oil this year.

nv.iSEss is brisk In South Carolina,
Five colored men lynched on one spot.
Order must bc preserved in the Palmetto
State II they have to break the law and
commit mnrier to do 1t. .
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

BERLIN, April 5.-The TagJlaa thinks il
the British government attempts to On.
iorce the coercion bill, If passed, civil war
in Ireland will be inevitable,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

Tho average weekly consumption Of coal
IN London is95O, 900 tons, ''
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06

Nineteenth and Twenty.frst wards,
b hitherto strongly Democratic, and the
Tenth, Eleventh, Twenty second, and
Twenty.fourth, strongly Republican, were
carried yesterday by the Labor party. n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-06
EELING WEST YAr WEDNESDAY, VoIIN7

graph tsays the reduced rates for minis.
ters shall not be interiercd with. Dnes
that conBint?" -L
"under these circumstances, what will
be the result7n 80
Wregret 10 say tho! law Is like the ways
oi nee-fnRcrtftabie rT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-18
Benten.s Hair Grouar.

All who are BALD, all who sre be-
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Through sickness and feVers the hair
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When the skin L. very tough and
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-18
Skinny Men.

wells Health Remover" restores
health and vigor, cures dyspepsia, i'm
potence, nervous debility. For weak
men, delicate women. 81: 2
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25

down but spread out and made good shelter
from the bleak winds and snow squalls As
near rs could come at it, all the men took up
Their positions under this tree. The river was
before them, but they could not have seen ten
teet into the dark woods behind. The noise of
the wind among the dead leaves and branches
would also serve to deaden other sounds around
them. During the afternoon of the night L
was to go on, got uniform down into the
woods, stuffed 1t with straw, and when l went
on DUTY tied this sham man to the trunk of
the tree with his back to the swamp. Then [
climbed into the tree with revolver in my
hand and waited.
went on at ten o'clock and was not to be
relieved before two. Fortunately for my sit
uation it was mild though cloudy evening,
with the wind coming now and again in gusts.
AT such time troop of horse could have
como through the woods without my hearing
them. did not depend on my sense of hear
ing at all, but with cooked revolver in hand
sat on a limb seven or eight feet above my
dummy and watched him. 1t was lust half
past eleven, when L suddenly made out dark
mass on the ground creeping upon the dummy.
l had hardly seen it before it rose and plunged
knife into the man Of straw. striking him be-
tween the shoulders. At the same moment L
opened fire, and L kept it up until the revolver
was empty. Tho unknown went down with
the first bullet, but meant to kill him stout
and sure.
The men of the relief reused outa the firing
and soon came up, and then we examined my
prize by the light of the lantern. The first
bullet had hit him in the head and four others
were in his body, and he was stone dead with
big knife clasped in his hand. No one could
say that they had ever seen him before. He
was in citizens dress and was supposed to be
a rebel, but next day we ascertained that he
was teamster belonging to the New York
regiment on our right. He had deliberately
gone into the work as a means of making mon
ey, and search of his pockets brought to light
about $40 of the funds he had occumu1Rtod in
his three cold-blooded murders. The men
were so enraged over the affair that it was
with difficulty the officers could prevent them
from jabbing their bayonets into tho corpse
and heaYing it upon one of the camp-fres
The huge, drastic, gripping sickening pills
are last being superseded by DIR. Pierce's "Pur-
gatiYe PelletSn
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
Trapping a RusI:whacIker.

From Detroit Free Press.
During the winter after Burnsides' attack on
Fredericksburg the entire front of his camps
was beSet by spies, guelrillas and bushwhack-
ers and cold-bl0oded murder was q moro fire.
quent occurrence than pjckct-frng. My regi-
ment was for Il month stationed at a blind ford
up the Rappahannock, and while the conied-
crate soldiers seemed willing enough to leave
us alone, the bushwhackers appeared
determined to kill US off. These men were
not always rebels aid farmers. ] have no
doubt that hundreds Of union soldiers were
bushwhacked during the war by the hangers
on of our own army, and for the purpose Of
robbery.
One Of our river piclet-posts was in a thick
piece of woods. Here the reserve picket took
up its quarters and sent mon up and down tho
shore for mile in either direction. The last
post on our right flank would have connected
with the last post on the left flank of d New
York regiment but for strip of swamp about
a quarter Of a mile wide, which thrust itself
down to the river. This swamp was full Of
water at the time and while no post could be
maintained there 1t was believed no enemy
could take advantage Of it. We had not been
on duty a week, however, when the man on
that post for the middle Of the night was
found dead, stabbed to the heart We had
just been paid off before coming down. and as
he had beed robbed Of his money his death was
not laid TO the cOnfeder9tes. Two nights later
asecond man was killed and robbed. For the
next three nights two men were put on the
pOSJ anu dgi was JujtJ. men one was taken
oil, and that same night the single man was
killed.
/ was at this time an orderly for the colonel
of the regiment, and Of course heard more or
less of the headquarter talk over the bloody
incidents, 1T was certain that 10 rebels had
crossed the stream for the sake of killing the
picket on one single post, and there were no
farmers inside our lines. 1t was reasoned,
therefore, that some one about our own camp
was the guilty wretch. lie did not dare APP
proach the post when there were two
men, and while this doubling up might
have prevented further murders the colonel
WIS anxious 20 do something To trap the lcl-
low. ! heard him and two N three captains
talking the matter, and at once asked 20 be
detailed 70 the post. had a scheme 10 work,
and when it was unlOided t. them u was agreed
that ] should have q chance 10 carry ~ out.
AS man had been killed the night before
by stab IN the back, II was arranged
10 double the post for two nights aud
then lot me 20 on alone. This gave me tho
chance 70 90 over the ground, and I was not
lorg in I.fcovering that the supposed impa,si-
bic swamp could lie easily threaded. Indeed,
/ fouud plenty Of proofs that some one had
made MS way across n scyCfa! lines IN the
same track, coming every time from ihe
direction of the New York regiment
As every one Of our mcE had been stabbed,
] reasoned that the assassin must be sly and
nervy fellow. At the picket-post was "A large
tree with branches Which net only grew low
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25

From the Jacksonville News-Herald.

FROM the Jacksonville NeW6lteiMd.tf
Over in Madison county, Tennessee, one an
tiprohibitiouist go the papers say STATED out dur
ing the canvas TO deliver speech IN his ncighbo--
hood, but getting drunk on the way, purchased a
jug OF two Of whisky, pressed couple Of temper
Gnce men into his little army Of one, forced them
to drink themselves drank and accompany himacY-
eru miles en- route, and finally hauled up in
church, scattered the congregation AMI held TIE
entire neigEhoyhood in state Of seige I'll It pleased
him 10 move on. lie didn't make the preacher
drunk, for that gent cnan escaped by the rent win
dow. We hardly believe one man could teIronze Il
county like MadB1u.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
AN OLD-TiME MURDER.
How a Ghost ppearance Led TO some I'M
portant Discoveries.

portant Discoveries.
From tn Globe-Democrat
The death of Lem Mercer, q farmer who for
tnany years had boon a resident of Peasants coun-
ty, his demise occurring about ten davsago has had
che effect Of reyivine, in a most decided manner
local interest in q most horrible and uDproyokcd
murder, which, some thify-fye years ago produced
q tremendous sensation all along The upper Ohio
valley, from Wheeling 10 Parkcrsburg distance Of
nearly one hundred miles
The crime in question W committed in Wrzl
county and the victim was John Gamble, apeos2er-
Gus citizen, who resided with his family few niles
from tie town Of New MGrtmsyillc, then, a. now
Che county seat Gam le was ola speculative turn
'of mind, and frequently visited New Murtnsvile 70
dispose oflvestock OF whatever else he had 20 real
.Eze upon Al such times, after finding customer
Gamble would have seYCIa, hundred dpllG.s IN his
posse SION, and there were frequent predictions
from the careless manner IN which he displayed his
<noney when under the influence Of liquor, that
come dry there would be tragedy, and t'!at he
would be the victim.
one day late in Tie sumner Of 1873 Gamtl4, who
Owed the river shore almOt directly opposite le
little town Of sardiy. came up 10 New 4luiasyiilc
with some portable properly Of so;nc SOFT o. I en-
which lie disposed Of zug tuercflcm uoou.
e200. Mercer was in town ana. Gay, and be two
Juea e.!ag well known TO ctcn other, soon sJt %
drilE.Ig together. Towards dark Gamble coll
GUIDED that lie would start f1r home and MS MGR
Gers rul.e also 10y along he riycr icr m4e or so
before he turned OIL 10 40 through tho hills Ac :olI
gamble he would accompany him thp- fur oH As
Tourney The men trek one moic dc,:k t1ra;her,
and then started on along Ting firer inld, Gamble
being more under the hNrcncc OF liquor than Lis
Communion Garl5ic was T. ygr seen alive 0Qerward.
BE not arriving ~ liz hOnc thot night, bis .amiy
and friends the ueY: dgy causei 81 e&teuded search
20 he made, bnt al 20 Do purpose No tnitc Df tire
missing man could &c found. Mercer was culs-
lioned, but be inss'es tb4l 1s .ea his COMPANION